Presolicitation
NWS Forecast Office Pittsburgh, PA Window Film, Interior Painting, and Generator Sound Barrier Wall Repair
Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
AI summaryNOAA plans a small business set-aside for window film, interior painting and a generator sound barrier wall repair at the National Weather Service Forecast Office near Pittsburgh, PA (solicitation 26-3943). This is a presolicitation: the solicitation is expected by November 13, 2026, 11:58 PM Eastern. NOAA estimates the job at $25,000 to $40,000. More in the summary
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NOAA plans a small business set-aside for window film, interior painting and a generator sound barrier wall repair at the National Weather Service Forecast Office near Pittsburgh, PA (solicitation 26-3943). This is a presolicitation: the solicitation is expected by November 13, 2026, 11:58 PM Eastern. NOAA estimates the job at $25,000 to $40,000.
Who can bid
- Small business set-aside expected: only small businesses under NAICS 238320 (Painting and Wall Covering Contractors) would be able to bid.
- Articles must be manufactured in the United States, with domestic components over 65 percent of component cost for items delivered in 2024 through 2028 (Buy American rules).
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 29, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside expected. Only businesses small under NAICS 238320 are expected to be able to bid.
- Worth checking: Specifications only by request. The statement of work must be requested by email, and the buyer says a reply may not come until around 11/09/2026.
- Minor: Buy American domestic content rules. Materials such as film, paint and block must meet U.S. manufacture and domestic component rules, which can limit suppliers.
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Full summary
What they want
- Install type VS20 window film on nineteen (19) rectangular glass panels, two triangle glass panels and one door
- Repaint interior walls and doors: upper level about 13 work areas, about 4,600 sq ft of wall, about ten (10) metal doors with jambs
- Lower level: about 6 work areas, about 2,400 sq ft of wall, about two (2) metal doors with jambs
- Remove about 280 sq ft of carpet wall covering, then remove glue, spackle, sand and prep for paint
- Paint jambs only where doors are wood
- Rehabilitate about six hundred (600) sq ft of sound barrier wall: prep, replace the top course with new block, repaint both sides (about 27 ft long, 10 ft high)
- Place of performance
- National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office, Coraopolis / Moon Township, PA
- Estimated value
- $25,000 - $40,000 (estimated magnitude)
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 11:58 PM Eastern (expected solicitation date)
What to include when you submit
- Request the technical specifications and statement of work from Jenna Taulman at jenna.taulman@noaa.gov.
Not in the notice text
- The technical specifications and statement of work are only available by email request from jenna.taulman@noaa.gov.
- Whether there is a site visit is not stated.
- Which wage rule applies (a Davis-Bacon wage determination) is not stated.
- Period of performance, submission method and evaluation method are not stated; they should come with the solicitation.
- Exact place of performance: the notice names both Coraopolis, PA and Moon Township, PA for the office.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 238320
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 29, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Dept of Commerce NOAA, Seattle, WA
- Product/service code
- Z2JZ · Repair or Alteration of Miscellaneous Buildings
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238320)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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